Michelle Desbarats. Courtesy Broken Jaw Press.
Michelle Desbarats is a Canadian poet.
Life[]
Desbarats was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] Her father was award-winning journalist and national news anchorman Peter Desbarats.[2]
She grew up in Montreal and Prince Edward Island, 2 different regions that resonate in her work.[1]
She lives in Ottawa, Ontario,[1] where she has taught creative writing at Carleton University.
Her work has appeared in Transpoetry, Burnt Toast, Speak!, and Meltwater, and on CBC Radio.[3]
In 1998, her debut colletion of poetry, Last Child to Come Inside, was published by Carleton University Press. It turned out to be the fastest selling book of poetry that McGill-Queen's University Press (which took over Carleton) had ever had, and was still in demand almost a decade later.[2] Last Child to Come Inside was reissued by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2014.[4]
She performed at the Ottawa Writers' Festival in 1999 and 2003.[1]
Recognition[]
She has received an Ontario Arts Council Works in Progress grant.
Her chapbook Eve'n Adam (1998) was included in Groundswell: Best of above/ground press, 1993-2003 (Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press, 2003).[3]
She was a finalist in the CBC Literary Awards, most recently in 2005.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Eve'n Adam. Ottawa ON: above/ground press, 1998.
- Last Child to Come Inside. Ottawa ON: Carleton University Press (Harbinger Poetry Series), 1998; Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
Anthologized[]
- 15 poems in Speak! Six OmniGothic NeoFuturists. Fredericton, NB: Broken Jaw Press, 1997.[5]
- 9 poems in Decalogue: Ten Ottawa poets. Ottawa ON: Chaudiere Books, 2006.[5]
Tree Reading Series Open Mic 13 Dec 11 - Michelle Desbarats
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Michelle Desbarats, pre-2011 bios, Ottawa International Writers' Festival, Web, July 7, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 a brief note on the poetry of Michelle Desbarats, Ottawa Poetry Newsletter, Feb. 7, 2007, Blogspot, Web, July 7, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Max Middle, Michelle Desbarats reads in AB Series," AB Series, November 1, 2008. Blogspot, Web, Apr. 4, 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Search results = au:Michelle Desbarats, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Apr. 4, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cameron Anstee, Michelle Desbarats: A (sort-of) Interim Finding Aid, Cameron Anstee, June 1, 2012. Wordpress, Web, Apr. 4, 2017.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Poem ("Peas") & A Brief Note on the Poetry of Michelle Desbarats at Ottawa Poetry Newsletter
- Books
- Michelle Desbarats at Amazon.com
- About
- "Michelle Desbarats: A (sort-of) interim finding aid by Cameron Anstee
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